Swifted : Ooty

Majic · 17th December 2009, 09:13

Wonderful, nice pictures of the elephant and also wonderful narration. Thanks for taking us along a wonderful journey, it was like being there in person. So there is some other travel coming before the end of the year. Lalu, i lost count, how many this year?

laluks · 17th December 2009, 14:07

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Originally Posted by Majic

Wonderful, nice pictures of the elephant and also wonderful narration. Thanks for taking us along a wonderful journey, it was like being there in person. So there is some other travel coming before the end of the year. Lalu, i lost count, how many this year?

Thanks Majic.
I too lost count now, could be 11 or 12

Hey Star,
This is for you, the distance time chart
ooty.pdf

Aquarian20 · 17th December 2009, 14:42

Great travelogue Lalu. Nice pictures of elephants. Do put the 2006 pictures. I throughly enjoyed your narration and the pictures. Thanks for sharing with us.

StarVegabond · 17th December 2009, 17:55

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Originally Posted by laluks

Hey Star,
This is for you, the distance time chart

Thanks very much, it would indeed help me.
Just now took a print out

It is amazing to see your passion for travel, for Photography, For exploring the unknown destinations, to write the experience in the form of travelogue, share it with all of us, motivate us to travel to those destination.

Most important, your power puff girls and their eagerness and support for sharing your passion is worth a mention

May your tribe increase.

laluks · 17th December 2009, 18:42

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Originally Posted by Aquarian20

Great travelogue Lalu. Nice pictures of elephants. Do put the 2006 pictures. I throughly enjoyed your narration and the pictures. Thanks for sharing with us.

Thanks Aquarian.
I will put up the old pictures soon.

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Originally Posted by StarVegabond

Thanks very much, it would indeed help me.
Just now took a print out

It is amazing to see your passion for travel, for Photography, For exploring the unknown destinations, to write the experience in the form of travelogue, share it with all of us, motivate us to travel to those destination.

Sharing doubles the Joy.

Getting to know each other who shares the same passion is wonderful, and a big Thanks for motivating me to write.

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Originally Posted by StarVegabond

Most important, your power puff girls and their eagerness and support for sharing your passion is worth a mention

Thanks Star.

laluks · 17th December 2009, 19:33

Some pictures from the old trip in 2006

Day 01, April 29th 2006

Bangalore - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundulpet - Bandipur - Masinagudi - Kalhatty Falls - OOty (Hotel Dasaprakash) - Botanical garden - Doddabetta - Ooty Lake - Hotel.

All pictures from my trusted work horse, Canon Powershot A80. To the record he has clicked around 25K pictures in 6 years.

Somewhere on Mysore Outer Ring Road. We were quite smarter then

My old Esteem on the 30th Hairpin at the Masinagudi Ghat section

Junior Power Puff Girl at Kalhatty falls. There was no water in April 2006

At Hotel Dasaprakash, Ooty

The Botanical Garden

Orchids

Dalhia

I don't know, anyone??

At Doddabetta

Somewhere on Kotagiri Road near to Tea factory

Ooty Lake

laluks · 17th December 2009, 20:30

Day 02, April 30th 2006

Ooty - Coonor - Mettupalayam - Coonor - LoveDale - Avalanche - Parsons valley - Ooty

Ketty Valley View, On Ooty - Coonor Road. You can see the tracks

Somewhere in Coonor Mettupalayam Road

Laws Falls?

Mettupalayam Black Thunder

LoveDale

Somewhere near LoveDale

What a pose!!

First view of Avalanche Lake

Our find, Avalanche Lake.

Our fallen tree!!

We drove further from Avalanche lake into the Tea Estates and forest that evening.

We got lost somewhere inside the forest, reached a quarters of EB, got scoldings from a very old man to have taken that road. He then told with exact kilometeres what board to look, what turn to take, and some landmarks to see whether we have got lost

. In the ordeal, we drove 70 KM from Avalanche through the forests, tackled 42 hairpin curves, saw some pump houses, dams, some deers on the road, cleared fallen trees from the roads, made sense from fallen direction boards, intruded into restricted pump house to ask directions, and finally an EB jeep escorted us to Ooty from Parsons Valley. All this from 18:30 - 21:00 in the dark of the night.

The god sent old man at the EB quarters and the Jeep driver at Parson Valley Dam are the two people whom we can never forget in our whole life. We were scared out of our wits

This was a day of reckoning, what can happen if you lost directions and that too in the hills in night. GPS was purchased immediately on return to Bangalore.

Aquarian20 · 18th December 2009, 12:30

Good one Lalu, nice pictures from 2006. Glad that you did not get stuck in forest at night and were able to make it out of there. Its a very bad experience when you loose directions. Hope everything went well after that.

khoj · 18th December 2009, 17:06

Hello laluks,

I discovered this thread of yours while on a tour and had to keep myself from checking it as I would not have stopped till the end. Got back in last night and returned home from office early today to visit Ooty through your camera lens and words.

Your posts are an addiction, they spoil you. Once you start you are never satiated and crave for more and more and I am completely hooked. If my trip were any longer (on the road since 5th) I would have experienced withdrawl symptoms for sure.

My best wishes to the powerpuff gang for many more of such wonderful trips.

Is there a way to access all of these photographs with your posts at one go? I would like it very much to be able to show these to my parents without having to load all the pages and to my 7 year old nephew who is also an avid photographer.

beejay · 18th December 2009, 17:11

Laluks, this this thread is what I link to for people who ask me anything about Ooty, especially my couchsurfing friends.

As a citizen who has been born here, I wish to mention that your thread offers almost complete details about the Nilgiris.

Great thread. Rated it 5 stars.

laluks · 18th December 2009, 20:12

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Originally Posted by Aquarian20

Good one Lalu, nice pictures from 2006. Glad that you did not get stuck in forest at night and were able to make it out of there. Its a very bad experience when you loose directions. Hope everything went well after that.

My kids were sleeping throughout. But my wife was constantly giving me directions and confidence. At the end, we both skipped dinner, we just could not believe what has transpired. Because of the god sent old man and the jeep driver, we reached Ooty safe.

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Originally Posted by khoj

Hello laluks,

I discovered this thread of yours while on a tour and had to keep myself from checking it as I would not have stopped till the end. Got back in last night and returned home from office early today to visit Ooty through your camera lens and words.

Your posts are an addiction, they spoil you. Once you start you are never satiated and crave for more and more and I am completely hooked. If my trip were any longer (on the road since 5th) I would have experienced withdrawl symptoms for sure.

My best wishes to the powerpuff gang for many more of such wonderful trips.

Is there a way to access all of these photographs with your posts at one go? I would like it very much to be able to show these to my parents without having to load all the pages and to my 7 year old nephew who is also an avid photographer.

Khoj,
Thank you so much for the kind words.
I'll put all these photographs to some site and will sent you the links. Please PM me your mail id.

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Originally Posted by beejay

Laluks, this this thread is what I link to for people who ask me anything about Ooty, especially my couchsurfing friends.

As a citizen who has been born here, I wish to mention that your thread offers almost complete details about the Nilgiris.

Great thread. Rated it 5 stars.

beejay, That's a great honour. I am overwhelmed and happy to recieve this feedback from a person who lives there. Thank you so much.

icemanz · 18th December 2009, 20:43

Thanks Lalu for sharing a wonderful Ooty experience. You have inspired me to make a trip to Ooty and it is the first task on my list of New Year resolutions.

I will keep in touch with you for help on charting a good itinerary that would help cover as much in 3 days.

Looking forward to more such enchanting travel experiences from you!

laluks · 18th December 2009, 20:50

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Originally Posted by icemanz

Thanks Lalu for sharing a wonderful Ooty experience. You have inspired me to make a trip to Ooty and it is the first task on my list of New Year resolutions.

I will keep in touch with you for help on charting a good itinerary that would help cover as much in 3 days.

Looking forward to more such enchanting travel experiences from you!

Thanks Icemanz. Sure, 3 days is minimum requirement, we'll fine tune the itinery

You can follow some of the other logs here.

Leh Ladakh
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...humbleh-d.html

Chickmagalur
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...mmangundi.html

Goa, West Karnataka
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...km-8-days.html

Kodai Munnar
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ur-munnar.html

Coorg
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ted-coorg.html

Agra, Mathura, vrindavan
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ties-love.html

laluks · 18th December 2009, 21:18

Day 03, May 1st 2006

Ooty -Toy Train Drive to Coonor - Ooty - Kamraj Sagar Dam - Shooting Point - Pykara - Tree Park - Ooty

My wife trying to run the Toy Train

Power Puff Girls with the Toy Train at Ooty. We took first class tickets and sat at the extreme front.

We took the ride till Coonor.

The mountain railway at Nilgiris is a Unesco World heritage Site.

Kamaraj Sagar Dam

Some EB installation we trespassed into between Shooting Point and Pykara.

Shooting point.

Horse ride at Shooting point.

Pykara lake in 2006. There was very less water. Only row and pedal boats were allowed since it was shallow. In 2009, it was the other way because of too much water.

The Gompa

The meadows opposite to Shooting point. We found an entry and drove in

Tree park

A nice moment at the Park, captured by my senior Power Puff Girl

Ooty night view from the hotel

laluks · 18th December 2009, 22:36

Day 04, May 2nd 2006

Ooty - Rose Garden - Glenn Morgan - Needle Hill View - Gudalur - Theppekadu - Bandipur - Mysore - Bangalore

Rose Garden

There were over a 100 varieties, see some. Check the names too

Glennmorgan

Some views on the way to Gudalur

Needle Hill View

Check the roads, it was bad in 2006. It's a beauty in 2009

Elephants at Theppekkadu

A nice tree at Bandipur

Customary shot of spotted Deer at Bandipur

We reached Bangalore this day.

The END (2006 Trip)

17th December 2009, 09:13	#301
Majic BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kottayam Posts: 588 Thanked: 8 Times	Wonderful, nice pictures of the elephant and also wonderful narration. Thanks for taking us along a wonderful journey, it was like being there in person. So there is some other travel coming before the end of the year. Lalu, i lost count, how many this year?
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17th December 2009, 14:42	#303
Aquarian20 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore, India. Posts: 73 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Great travelogue Lalu. Nice pictures of elephants. Do put the 2006 pictures. I throughly enjoyed your narration and the pictures. Thanks for sharing with us.
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17th December 2009, 19:33	#306
laluks Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6,552 Thanked: 16,442 Times	Some pictures from the old trip in 2006 Day 01, April 29th 2006 Bangalore - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundulpet - Bandipur - Masinagudi - Kalhatty Falls - OOty (Hotel Dasaprakash) - Botanical garden - Doddabetta - Ooty Lake - Hotel. All pictures from my trusted work horse, Canon Powershot A80. To the record he has clicked around 25K pictures in 6 years. Somewhere on Mysore Outer Ring Road. We were quite smarter then My old Esteem on the 30th Hairpin at the Masinagudi Ghat section Junior Power Puff Girl at Kalhatty falls. There was no water in April 2006 At Hotel Dasaprakash, Ooty The Botanical Garden Orchids Dalhia I don't know, anyone?? At Doddabetta Somewhere on Kotagiri Road near to Tea factory Ooty Lake
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17th December 2009, 20:30	#307
laluks Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6,552 Thanked: 16,442 Times	Day 02, April 30th 2006 Ooty - Coonor - Mettupalayam - Coonor - LoveDale - Avalanche - Parsons valley - Ooty Ketty Valley View, On Ooty - Coonor Road. You can see the tracks Somewhere in Coonor Mettupalayam Road Laws Falls? Mettupalayam Black Thunder LoveDale Somewhere near LoveDale What a pose!! First view of Avalanche Lake Our find, Avalanche Lake. Our fallen tree!! We drove further from Avalanche lake into the Tea Estates and forest that evening. We got lost somewhere inside the forest, reached a quarters of EB, got scoldings from a very old man to have taken that road. He then told with exact kilometeres what board to look, what turn to take, and some landmarks to see whether we have got lost . In the ordeal, we drove 70 KM from Avalanche through the forests, tackled 42 hairpin curves, saw some pump houses, dams, some deers on the road, cleared fallen trees from the roads, made sense from fallen direction boards, intruded into restricted pump house to ask directions, and finally an EB jeep escorted us to Ooty from Parsons Valley. All this from 18:30 - 21:00 in the dark of the night. The god sent old man at the EB quarters and the Jeep driver at Parson Valley Dam are the two people whom we can never forget in our whole life. We were scared out of our wits This was a day of reckoning, what can happen if you lost directions and that too in the hills in night. GPS was purchased immediately on return to Bangalore. Last edited by laluks : 17th December 2009 at 20:33.
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18th December 2009, 12:30	#308
Aquarian20 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore, India. Posts: 73 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Good one Lalu, nice pictures from 2006. Glad that you did not get stuck in forest at night and were able to make it out of there. Its a very bad experience when you loose directions. Hope everything went well after that.
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18th December 2009, 17:06	#309
khoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dilli Posts: 2,718 Thanked: 1,287 Times View My Garage	Hello laluks, I discovered this thread of yours while on a tour and had to keep myself from checking it as I would not have stopped till the end. Got back in last night and returned home from office early today to visit Ooty through your camera lens and words. Your posts are an addiction, they spoil you. Once you start you are never satiated and crave for more and more and I am completely hooked. If my trip were any longer (on the road since 5th) I would have experienced withdrawl symptoms for sure. My best wishes to the powerpuff gang for many more of such wonderful trips. Is there a way to access all of these photographs with your posts at one go? I would like it very much to be able to show these to my parents without having to load all the pages and to my 7 year old nephew who is also an avid photographer. Last edited by khoj : 18th December 2009 at 17:08. Reason: grammatical corrections
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18th December 2009, 17:11	#310
beejay Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Nilgiris Posts: 1,965 Thanked: 212 Times View My Garage	Laluks, this this thread is what I link to for people who ask me anything about Ooty, especially my couchsurfing friends. As a citizen who has been born here, I wish to mention that your thread offers almost complete details about the Nilgiris. Great thread. Rated it 5 stars. Last edited by beejay : 18th December 2009 at 17:14.
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18th December 2009, 20:43	#312
icemanz BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: cochin Posts: 94 Thanked: Once View My Garage	Thanks Lalu for sharing a wonderful Ooty experience. You have inspired me to make a trip to Ooty and it is the first task on my list of New Year resolutions. I will keep in touch with you for help on charting a good itinerary that would help cover as much in 3 days. Looking forward to more such enchanting travel experiences from you!
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18th December 2009, 21:18	#314
laluks Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6,552 Thanked: 16,442 Times	Day 03, May 1st 2006 Ooty -Toy Train Drive to Coonor - Ooty - Kamraj Sagar Dam - Shooting Point - Pykara - Tree Park - Ooty My wife trying to run the Toy Train Power Puff Girls with the Toy Train at Ooty. We took first class tickets and sat at the extreme front. We took the ride till Coonor. The mountain railway at Nilgiris is a Unesco World heritage Site. Kamaraj Sagar Dam Some EB installation we trespassed into between Shooting Point and Pykara. Shooting point. Horse ride at Shooting point. Pykara lake in 2006. There was very less water. Only row and pedal boats were allowed since it was shallow. In 2009, it was the other way because of too much water. The Gompa The meadows opposite to Shooting point. We found an entry and drove in Tree park A nice moment at the Park, captured by my senior Power Puff Girl Ooty night view from the hotel
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18th December 2009, 22:36	#315
laluks Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6,552 Thanked: 16,442 Times	Day 04, May 2nd 2006 Ooty - Rose Garden - Glenn Morgan - Needle Hill View - Gudalur - Theppekadu - Bandipur - Mysore - Bangalore Rose Garden There were over a 100 varieties, see some. Check the names too Glennmorgan Some views on the way to Gudalur Needle Hill View Check the roads, it was bad in 2006. It's a beauty in 2009 Elephants at Theppekkadu A nice tree at Bandipur Customary shot of spotted Deer at Bandipur We reached Bangalore this day. The END (2006 Trip)
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